/*
 * Copyright 2011 Andreas Veithen
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.googlecode.sisme.framework.component;

/**
 * Represents a definition that is embedded in another definition.
 * 
 * @author Andreas Veithen
 */
public interface EmbeddedDefinition {
    /**
     * Create a dependency on a particular facet of the component described by the embedded
     * definition.
     * 
     * @param <T>
     *            the facet class
     * @param facetClass
     *            the facet class
     * @return the dependency
     */
    <T> Dependency<T> getDependency(Class<T> facetClass);
}
